The Last Of Us story campaign is single-player only

Developer Naughty Dog has confirmed that there is no co-operative option in the story campaign for The Last Of Us, but that the game does feature competitive multiplayer.

The Last Of Us – you against the world

There is to be no co-op option for the story campaign in PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last Of Us. Although developer Naught Dog has confirmed that there will be additional multiplayer options outside of the main story mode.’We are supporting multiplayer with The Last of Us. We’re not ready to talk about the details of how multiplayer will be implemented, however we can say that it is not co-op within the main campaign,’ said creative director Neil Druckmann to website Gaming Examiner .

The Last Of Us seems to share much in common with Naughty Dog’s Uncharted franchise, and it’s likely that the multiplayer options will work in a similar fashion. For Uncharted 3 that included competitive online multiplayer and split screen and online co-operative missions.Both games feature prominent onscreen partners, in the case of The Last Of Us it’s 14-year old orphan Ellie – who protagonist Joel has been charged with protecting.

Although she seems to feature almost constantly onscreen, from the footage that has so far been seen, this announcement by Naughty Dog means she’s always under computer-control whenever you’re playing as Joel.The Last Of Us still has no release date, but it is expected to be released sometime next year.Video:Check out The Last Of Us trailer